An ode to the daddies

10:02 PM, February 11, 2013 |

By Karen Gamble, Renaissance Mom

Dads sure have changed since I was a kid. Mine went to his office job, mowed the grass on the weekends, and then went back to work on Monday. He also read the paper and flipped things on the grill. He never once changed a diaper or took the kids to the pediatrician for their shots. He did teach me how to ride a bike, how to smash rocks in half safely for a science assignment, and to appreciate Carl Sagan.

Today’s dad does it all – goes to work, makes dinner once or twice a week, teaches a little person how to tie shoelaces, changes diapers, and plays Pretty Pretty Princess with his daughter. There are amazing fathers in our neighborhood and in our circle of friends. No offense to my own dad, but I think this generation of fathers has it hands down over all that came before.

I know several stay-at-home dads. They are all remarkable, interesting, decent human beings and very good parents. To the dads who trudge off to a paid job every day, come home at night and parent their children: I love you. I really do.

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Karen Gamble is a journalist-turned-mom-turned-paralegal. She and her husband have a son in the third grade and a daughter who is a college sophomore. There are never enough hours in the day for all the fun she’s trying to have.